Histocytopathological diagnosis of Rosai-Dorfman disease: Case report

Zephania Saitabau Abraham; Zerd Francis; Advera Isaac Ngaiza; Aveline Aloyce Kahinga; Faustine Bukanu

doi:10.1002/ccr3.5412

Histocytopathological diagnosis of Rosai-Dorfman disease: Case report

Clin Case Rep. 2022 Feb 6;10(2):e05412. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.5412. eCollection 2022 Feb.

Authors

Zephania Saitabau Abraham¹, Zerd Francis², Advera Isaac Ngaiza³, Aveline Aloyce Kahinga⁴, Faustine Bukanu⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery School of Medicine and Dentistry University of Dodoma Dodoma Tanzania.
² Department of Anatomical Pathology The Benjamin Mkapa Hospital Dodoma Tanzania.
³ Department of Anatomical Pathology Muhimbili National Hospital Dar es Salaam Tanzania.
⁴ Department of Otorhinolaryngology Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences Dar es Salaam Tanzania.
⁵ Department of Otorhinolaryngology The Benjamin Mkapa Hospital Dodoma Tanzania.

Abstract

Sinus histiocytosis with massive lymphadenopathy (Rosai-Dorfman disease) being a rare benign proliferative self-limiting disease of the cells of macrophage-histiocyte family is of unknown etiology and presents with massive lymphadenopathy. We are hereby reporting a case of RDD presenting with massive bilateral cervical and submandibular lymphadenopathy, diagnosed by histocytopathology.

Keywords: Rosai–Dorfman; Tanzania; histocytopathology; massive lymphadenopathy.

Publication types

Case Reports